noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The sound made by something that jingles. countable, uncountable

   "the jinglings of many bells"

2. 2
   An old parlour game in which blindfolded players within a ring attempted to catch another player to whom a bell was tied. countable, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of jingle form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

alliterativeassonantassonantalchange ringingchimechiming

Example

More examples

"We dreamed of Santa Claus, or if we awoke in the night, we listened for the jingling of his sleigh-bells."

Related phrases

parlour game

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